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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1922)
The Buardmaii Mirror Boardman, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MIRK A. CLEVELAND, Publisher 2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Sutured as second-class matter Feb 11, 1921, at the post office at Board- man, Ore., under act of Mar. 3. 187& This Beet Ion of the, country is ottei spoken of as the "banana belt", bit R Ib no Joke thai the election return proved II indigenous tO the "orange" We asked a Cockney English print er once how to divide the word "saloon". He said: "carry I he lieli over; put a hess and a hay In tlx first line with an iphen,, then a hell, two hoes and a hen". Weston has set the dates for th( thirtieth annual re-union of Umatilla County 1'loneers for June 9 and I' to which all the early settlers are Invited. Speaking or earl settler thefi ate two kinds. It would help us t Pity our hills if some of these bird, around lu re would join a Society o early set tiers. iAt,.iu. BAKj: I OKS MOT , " mum uulu on ins fifluaer and pun with all our ntiaht. MATK.U U..F. AT HOC, . Stl tlmj , suanueu on the other side until tho An Initiation in Hie DOSCI'I Well, not exactly that, perhaps, but the poor neophyte who joins La Hoc laty Dei 40 Ho in met el h Uheraux the fun branch of the American A gion, when the Oregon volture meal here iii lis annual promenade Jul) lm; will think he is being led aoros BOiue real honest to goodness buinin sands, Acioss the Columbia in Wash Ington, the winds, tearing down thn the gorges east and west have, in th ages, heaped up huge dunes of line Sahara sand. Thfl only inhabitant thereof are li'rer VVoodchuck, who forecasts weather on February 2 and the festive rattlesnake. Members of Voiture No. 106, newly organised ID TheDalles, have ju.it about decided to lead the 4 0 or 50 prisonnalr I who will enter the society on thai date across the river and into the sands from whence their wails Ol anguish may echo hollowly against the solemn Klickitat hills. Plans for the big initiation are now being bus ily arranged by Dr. Thomas K. Urlt flth, of Dufur, chef de gate of tin local legion funsters. The Snlmon Bake at Moulder did not materialize as the fish arrived to late. The crowd of about 200 did not go hungry, however, as they car ried eatables with them, so with the. abundance of hot coffee furnished they had a very good lunch. vvnue watting for the boat. to cross to the Washington shore, upon request of the people of Alderdale. Mrs. Cratnr gave a short history of o'tlement and development of our project and the improvements made in the city of Eoardman. Mr. Warn er, the leading merchaut of AlderdaB then gave a history of their city be ginning in 18fil when the first whlt family settled there. He gave at account of various exciting event with the Indians who were more o less hostile at that time, and rot many years after, in 1877 tneir first school was established in what was called their rag school house which consisted of a lent with such furniture as they could construct at lhal time. They now have a very large school house but with only a few pupils, as he said that about 200 families including the Tlnichelors had l"fl i heir homes in that section of the country which includes the dry farm ing lands for many miles back from the river. He says Ihev have room for a very large population when the water can be obtained to irrigate Un binds on that side. 11 "i'li MMI'IjOI UK)' At T I I tltll.l I V tVi;iCK I'AKMKH The following article is taken from the (extension Service News, of () . and will be of interest to employer of farm labor. "The farmers of the state may not generally know that under a decision of the OrgOD supreme court made n April. 1917, they are subject to lh operation of Ihe K'mployer's Liability ct with prnct ica 11 y the same efTec uh any of the most hazardous oecu pat ions It was decided in that cas. Unit an injured farm hand had a right of action for damages against his employer even though here was a contributory negligence on his own part, 'the knowledge of this con union nan caused many limners throughout the slate to embrace 111. protection afforded 1 1 the Oregon Compensation law as administered by the State Industrial Accident Com mine Ion, which is a state institution not Operated tor prollt. hut for tin benefit of Oregon citizens, and which furnishes a guarantee to the em plover against lawsuits. "An employer who Is Operating under I he Industrial Accident Com mission pays a certain percentage of his puroll into the stale fund, his workers each contributing one rent a duv to the same fund When ucci dent haid"'ns and a workman is in ' Jured he is entitled to medical atten Hon und care, also compensation tor loss of time, and in such cases of so Cldeut as result in death the widow aud children and other dependents rwi'lvn substantial relief, the widow for all her life unless she remarried and the children to the age of IK years. All this is paid from the con trihutiHl fund, the beueftciar renuir In no lawyer or other costly KgOMlot to obtain It and the employer being relieved Of legal liability. All this la done at the lowest possible expense because the I nistiial Accident Coin mission la a . functionary, exist ing and oper ug not for profit, but for service to he whole people "Kariuera who may feel interested in the matter can obtain all the pan loulars and instructions by applying to the Commission at Salem." The people f Washingioi li" to favorably 'm pressed win d-s Cramer's description of our surround Ings that they proposed a joint plant) on July illi and a committee was appointed to confer with a commit tee on our side. As we happened 0 have the chairman of two picnic com Ittees in the gathering arrangements were made lo hold ihe joint picnic in Hoardman, if the consent of the City Council can be obtained. Out shade trees are now of sufficient sizt SO that it will be better than Ihe loca lions usunlh used on the river bank In case of severe wind or rain, we can repair to the school house so that oUr program oaa be carried out re -aidless of the weather conditions The Alderdale people have promised 10 furnish a program which Mr. War Rtr says will consist Isrgel of vocal music. Now bachelor friends! sit up and take notice, for you all know which gender furnishes vocal music n such entertalnMsnts, Having overheard some of tin pinns ot tne Oregon committee, I I' ai ned that a part of our program would consisi of it trip over the pro jeet, so Mr. Bachelor, if you will give ihe car a new coat of paint, have it i good running, with a full tank of gas, you may have the honor and also the pleasure of showing the rs your homes. After our experience on the ferry boat, the committee will insist upon a mil tank of ;;as so that none will be stranded on the desert or at your homes. At about :i:00 p m. the boa' started lor Ihe Washington shore with 142 passengers aboard. Every thing went smoothly until about 200 leei Pro IB Ihe binding whre the motor Hopped for Ihe want of fuel. The boai men not thinking it possible that the gas tank was empty insisted upon it being a stoppage in the gas line and d.'vmm etc d It sev -ral Uli v i ml cleaned out the sediment of per haps several weeks, me engine would :itait evor nine it was cranked but die again utter throe or tour re volutions. After having drifted for more than a quarter of a mile below the landing, the passengers began to look a lUlM I nun-.' so we de.- d ; lo tie up to the shore until the real trouble could bs located, captain Jo" White, with line in hand was the 'trst lo land on the W ashington side Mlei tyiag to a big boulder for a short lime we decided Unit with the help of those on the Imat we could haul the boat up stream about 200 eet uround a little bend and out of he swift current w hich we succeeded In doing after about half an hour of hard work. Again we lied the bout j fast and about hall of the passengers, disembarked and walked up to the landing Soon altar Ihls the en m n -1 eer fill--! i link and our "1 . able was over The boat had no ; difficulty hi making the landing where ioiiiti the bn. f our tarty waiting All were pleased, to learn that the trouble was only shortage of fuel which was serious SBOUgh though not so great as a de tective motor would have been U was extremely careless on the part ot , h engineer hut 1 Hunk we can rest : assured that it will never happen again. It was a poor advertisement I for the new ferry line but as we of t"ardni.n ivi v nlty are gftfeMJ ' 1 be greatly benefited by our acquaint- j ence with the people of Alderdale, let us retrain from knocking if we cannot get our shoulders to the wheel aud boost, we ran one and all get a wind changed or be brought across in a row boat. One of the party who walked to the landing said he saw a snake and has a living witness to prove that it was not a moonshine magnified Im agination but an honest-to-goodneas snake at least two Inches in diameter and between five and seven feet long and the first of the kind Mr. Gaboon ever saw. Neighbor Jack met sev eral copper colored girls, old acquaint ances I think on the Washington shore and as he was able to speak their language as fluently as a regu lar squaw man, he had a very nice visit with them. The girls seemed to enjoy the line of talk he gave them but wnn li (. to one cjrtaii - -portant statement which he made with considerable pride they shook their heads and said, "No, not so". Ask Jack about it. While the boat men believed they had plenty of gas for the return trip, they did not care to take any chance so chartered an automobile and went to Alderdale and got more. Alderdale is about one half mile from the land- i!! so j v "i i ) . delav w cl i r.. visit the city as we had planned. The return trip was made without difficulty and 1 think all had enjoyed it regardless of the little delay. So ended for me a very pleasant holiday. How many will have seen it just as I did. I trust we will hear from others. G. H. Dillabongh .11 PHKLP8 UPHOLDS LAW IN JOHN DAY DISTRICT CASE Findings and conclusions of law and a decree in the case of the Nor thern Facillc Railroad Co. and Dan P. Smythe and other big property owners against the John Day Irri gation district have been returned by Judge Gilbert W. Phelps following several months in litigation in the case. Some of the chief features of the involved case which the court has decided are as follows: The law under which the district Is organized is a valid law and the district is regularly organized. 'i he contract entered into between the district with Lewis and Clark, engineers, was valid at Ihe time it was made. The special assessment of 60 cents the. acre, levied in 1920, is valid and constitutes a lien on the land, the COUrl rules. The contract of January -I, 1921, between ihe irrigation district and the engineering firm was beyond the power of the board to make. Warrants up to the amount of 120,000 for the services of Lewis and i iark should be paid, the court finds that the testimony does rot in dicate just what sum in excess of this amount the engineering firm is en titled lo receive, but indicates that this payment may be adjusted be tween the district and the engine rs, failing which the engineers have the right to bring action in court to have the amount of fair compensation es tabllshsd. One of the chief questions brought up by the litigation is whether pres ent stale laws applying to the orga nization of irrigation districts is constitutional. Judge Phelps hold thai the law is constitutional. In the decree, (he court sets forth the remuneration the secreiary of Hie board was entitled to receive 'Ihe exact amount due the board's former attorney, P A. McMeiianun. can not be ascertained from the tes timony introduced, the court holds Th litigation has been in court since early last spring Testimony has been given on several occasions since that time. 1 WONDER , VT- I&N OARVIN WAS YOUNG DID HS EVER THINK OF MAKING A MONKEY OF HIMSELF WHY i BOAR OMAN ? :! Because the Climate is Good, if: :ft People are Sociable Intelligent Enterprising Town is New and Growing Location Well Chosen Half way between The Dalles and Pendleton On O-W Railroad On Columbia River Soil Will Raise Anything Water for Irrigation from West Extension of Umatilla Project McKay Creek Dam Will be built, assuring more acreage under water. Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town Write Secretary of Commercial Club